West Indian
Methi Bhaji (Sauteed Fenugreek Greens)
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Methi Bhaji (Sauteed Fenugreek Greens) is West Indian home cooking, eaten at lunch and dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre and the cooked vegetable. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Pick through the fenugreek leaves, wash them well, and chop roughly.
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Heat the oil in a pan and add the mustard seeds, cumin seeds, and crushed peanuts, frying until the peanuts turn golden.
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Add the garlic and green chili and fry a few seconds until fragrant.
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Add the chopped fenugreek leaves and turmeric, and stir-fry over medium heat until the greens wilt down, about 6 to 8 minutes.
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Sprinkle the besan over the greens and toss well so it coats lightly and soaks up any extra moisture, cooking 2 to 3 minutes more.
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Season with salt and serve hot with bhakri, the bitterness of the greens tempered by the peanuts and besan.
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Serve it with
A West Indian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Methi Bhaji (Sauteed Fenugreek Greens), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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What it is eaten with
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The sharp little thing
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Methi Bhaji (Sauteed Fenugreek Greens) carries peanuts. It is free of the remaining 9 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | Yes | Akoori (Parsi Spiced Scrambled Eggs) |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | No | |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | No |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 110 kcal
- Protein
- 4 g
- Carbs
- 8 g
- Fat
- 7 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 1 g
- Sodium
- 430 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Methi Bhaji (Sauteed Fenugreek Greens) takes about 20 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is easy going. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. It is at its best in winter, which is when what goes into it is worth buying.
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